The actress attended the event and decided to embrace the moment’s joy and celebrate “everything out of this” experience, including preparation.

“I think anytime a Black woman is enjoying herself, it is something to be celebrated. It is saying like the norm and whatever the status quo is, I’m allowed to be happy and I’m gonna be happy,” Turner-Smith said, according to Yahoo.

The actor’s husband, Joshua Jackson, said that enjoying the leisures of life, including the Met Gala, since the COVID-19 pandemic has been a way to challenge norms.

He added that the event served as another opportunity to uplift his wife.

“Every time I get to attend an event with my beautiful wife, it’s a chance for me to celebrate her,” he said, according to Vanity Fair.

Jackson wore a custom Gucci black coat with tails along with a gray double-breasted vest, a white evening shirt and pinstripe pants, The New York Times reports.

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